The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-25
ROCKLAND'S MEN CHOSEN,
AND THE GREAT NELsOH-RYAH TIGHT
~ NOW TRANSFERRED TO RYAOE

The DELEGATED Elected Yesterday Expect -
Name Senator Neisca's suceesssr en- Oct.
A Real Lively oid-Fsshieusd Ceusus.
The Rockland County Democracy assem-
bled at New City yesterday to select delegates
to the Senate Convention to be held at Nyaok
on Oct. 4, and also delegates TO the State Con-
vention. The occasion was interesting from
the fact that the Rockland delegation will have
It In their power to say which Of the West
chester candidates. Ryan or Nelson. shall rep
resent the district. and also because Of tho
manner in which the nomination were made.
This 10 the only county. as Gov. Hill remarked
at the New City fair the other day, which re-
tains the old custom Of making its nominations
at mass meeting OF the electors.
Rockland 10 Q solid Democratic stronghold.
where every man makes his own politics and
his own applejack. Tho average citizen Ii fond
OF both. and when he gets q chance to COM
bine the two. as he did yesterday. there en-
sues q scene which would make an old Sixth
warder blush for envy.
Yesterday wound up an exceptionally lively
week for New city. The pool tickets is
sued at the late fair were still lying on the
ground. where they were joined by the
scratched and discarded election ballots.
All Rockland county came into New
Ramapo In buggies. farm wagons. and even
OF teams. and seven car loads OF toughs
and others from Nyack by rail- Fully
IN front Of the Court House, the central part
years OF the last century. A prison has since
Sesn s s% 9p o one side ana Sp9hsE %ns has
trout slopes ali awn about two 1 acres IN estent
with beautiful green turf. The scene was
more suggestive OF o tennis tournament than
Here ee ssscm fat the Electors whose numbers
and enthusiasm no walls could contain. Frank
Ths Sts
AssembIyman George ". Dickey, and Judge
sGsSFss vi se q Theft W sss
qualifications. Of President cleveland also.
@ When i came to choosing delegates to the
orsnsetown in the Court t. HOUSE. shouted
ssr y The yaFd s.ony soin. DOW " n1 here sS
Carsstown over here and around the
vote, and proceeded TO select q delegate BY bal
and were re- sworn sworn before notary to perform
Al east the teilers eerred the boxessIthat is
went well esGet in q;
IuelE peODl6 Claln6u LuHt bOIu6 Vi tu0 EhSer.
straw folk had crossed the dividing path and
were trying to nominate Ramapos delegate.
Then some Of the Ramapo boys said that the
others were trying to cheat. and they wouldn't
play any more. So the disafYected went OF to
another part Of the yard and got up little
game Of their own.
=, Half Of the assem- blase had gone homo when
the meeting was again called together TO ratify
the result OF the town caucuses. stony Point
had chosen John Cornell. and the mass con-
yention ratified the choice by exclamation.
So with Richard E. King OF Orangetown.
Charles ". Jones Of Clarkstoyn. and Jacob
E. Conklin OF Haverstraw. Ramapos two
caucuses presented James keegan and James
Mather. Jr The mass convention was
In doubt how to settle the question. but finally
Q division resulted in the choice Of Mather.
Under the Rockland plan of nomination, when
ever town fails to agree upon candidate the
choice is practically taken out Of It's hands and
given to the county at large. Ramapo Will
garry its protest before the convention at
Nyack.
Resolutions were passed jnetructing the
delegates to vote as a unit. II these instruc-
tions are obeyed 1t will be novelty in Rock
land county politics. No one was made the
choice OF tibet Convention for Senator. This makes
the Rookland men masters OF the situation at
Nyack. which. in fact, they were before, owing
ponds. then. upon whether the persuasive
powers OF Senator Nelson or Mr.. Ryan prove
tho stronger over the Rockland county mind.